[sdiy] Schematics Software

[Quincas Moreira]

Eagle is not super Mac friendly though..  Maybe you guys are right, I
should just try to get what I want out of diptrace which I already know a
little bit

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:41 PM, <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:

> I recommend Eagle. It is supported directly by many PCB fab houses, and
> that's quite an advantage. I learned Eagle when the free version was
> perhaps more capable, and I eventually purchased a full license. I'm not
> sure how the free version stacks up against the competition these days, but
> I still think Eagle is worth learning.
>
> Tom has a great point: It might be quicker to learn the tool you have. All
> of these CAD programs take time to learn. If you jump around, you won't
> have the advantage of deep learning on any one of them. Whichever one you
> choose, though, be sure to learn as much as you can and take advantage of
> the various communities around the tools, such as the CADSoft and Element14
> sites for Eagle.
>
> By the way, the stock Eagle libraries have two different symbols for
> resistors (and capacitors), calling them European and US. I use the box
> symbols for 0-Ohm jumpers and other option jumpers, while I use the zig-zag
> symbol for "real" resistors. Both symbols are attached to the same package
> footprints, so the layout is not affected by the difference - just the
> schematic printout. I find that it makes more sense to me to see an empty
> rectangle any time I'm looking at an option jumper, even if it is populated
> during assembly by a 0-Ohm resistor. The zig-zag only appears in the
> schematic where there is an actual V=IR equation to solve. I've also build
> my own devices, packages, and symbols in Eagle. The synth world has lots of
> interesting and unique parts like OTA (although I believe Eagle already has
> OTA devices in the standard libraries, or at least in the community
> libraries that can be downloaded).
>
> Brian
>
>
> On May 19, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
> > What's wrong with the Diptrace schematics? (Personally, I find them
> pretty good). You could tweak the symbols or colours to get them more how
> you like them, couldn't you?
> >
> > It seems to me it'd be a lot quicker to make what you've got better,
> rather than start again with something else.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > On 19 May 2017, at 19:18, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello friends,
> >>
> >> I need to make a nice looking schematics for the build doc for a module
> kit. I have diptrace but I don't really like the way the schematics end up
> looking. Normally I use icircuit on my ipad, but the library is limited and
> not expandable, and I need OTA symbols...   Are there any decent free
> schematics drawing apps you folks might recommend?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >
>
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Quincas Moreira
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